Cheng Ma

Tandem duplication upstream of HSF5 associates with transcript remodeling and triple-comb morphology in chickens

Huang, Xun-He; Zhang, Zhi-Feng; Zhong, Zhi-Peng; Weng, Zhuo-Xian et al.

Part of iScience, 2026

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Sperm, egg, and embryo proteins critical for genetic adaptation of herring to low salinity in the Baltic Sea

Ma, Cheng; Mohamadnejad Sangdehi, Fahime; Kawaguchi, Mari; Sano, Kaori et al.

Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2026

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Ultrarapid MC1R protein and associated plumage color evolution in the domestic chicken

Ma, Cheng; Liebing, Aenne-Dorothea; Kleinau, Gunnar; Kamprad, Antje et al.

Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2026

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Harnessing Deep Learning in Searching Wild Relatives of Domestic Animals

Cai, Zheng-Fei; Liu, Bei; Yin, Ting-Ting; Ma, Cheng et al.

Part of Molecular Ecology Resources, 2026

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Association of a synonymous PMEL variant with localized melanin deposition in chicken tail feathers

Huang, Xunhe; Weng, Zhuoxian; Xu, Yongjie; Wen, Jintian et al.

Part of Animal Genetics, 2026

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Tandem duplication upstream of HSF5 associates with transcript remodeling and triple-comb morphology in chickens

Huang, Xun-He; Zhang, Zhi-Feng; Zhong, Zhi-Peng; Weng, Zhuo-Xian et al.

Part of iScience, 2026

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Sperm, egg, and embryo proteins critical for genetic adaptation of herring to low salinity in the Baltic Sea

Ma, Cheng; Mohamadnejad Sangdehi, Fahime; Kawaguchi, Mari; Sano, Kaori et al.

Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2026

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Ultrarapid MC1R protein and associated plumage color evolution in the domestic chicken

Ma, Cheng; Liebing, Aenne-Dorothea; Kleinau, Gunnar; Kamprad, Antje et al.

Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2026

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Harnessing Deep Learning in Searching Wild Relatives of Domestic Animals

Cai, Zheng-Fei; Liu, Bei; Yin, Ting-Ting; Ma, Cheng et al.

Part of Molecular Ecology Resources, 2026

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Association of a synonymous PMEL variant with localized melanin deposition in chicken tail feathers

Huang, Xunhe; Weng, Zhuoxian; Xu, Yongjie; Wen, Jintian et al.

Part of Animal Genetics, 2026

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PMEL governs autosomal dominant inheritance of white-tail independent of yellow body plumage in chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus)

Huang, Xunhe; Zhang, Luheng; Zhong, Zhipeng; Weng, Zhuoxian et al.

Part of Poultry Science, 2026

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Genome-wide association study reveals candidate genes associated with egg-laying performance in Wuhua yellow chicken

Huang, Xunhe; Zhong, Zhipeng; Zhang, Zhifeng; Weng, Zhuoxian et al.

Part of Poultry Science, 2025

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A male-essential miRNA is key for avian sex chromosome dosage compensation

Fallahshahroudi, Amir; Yousefi Taemeh, Sara; Rodríguez-Montes, Leticia; Trost, Nils et al.

Part of Nature, p. 148-157, 2025

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Research note: Pool sequencing nominates MITF as a key candidate gene for white-belted feathers in chickens

Huang, Xunhe; Jiang, Yiqi; Zheng, Ningying; Liu, Huatao et al.

Part of Poultry Science, 2025

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Population genomic analysis identifies the complex structural variation at the fibromelanosis (FM) locus in chicken

Ma, Cheng; Andersson, Leif

Part of Scientific Reports, 2025

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Selection Increases Mitonuclear DNA Discordance but Reconciles Incompatibility in African Cattle

Shi, Xian; Ma, Cheng; Chen, Ningbo; Xu, Ming-Min et al.

Part of Molecular biology and evolution, 2025

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Comprehensive evaluation and guidance of structural variation detection tools in chicken whole genome sequence data

Ma, Cheng; Shi, Xian; Li, Xuzhen; Zhang, Ya-Ping et al.

Part of BMC Genomics, 2024

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A copy number expansion of fish hatching enzyme genes in Atlantic herring played a prominent role for adaptation to the brackish Baltic Sea

Mohamadnejad Sangdehi, Fahime; Ma, Cheng; Pettersson, Mats; Wallberg, Andreas et al.